No offense to chiropractors, but the last place I expected to hear about  exuberance was on a table in my favorite practitioner's office. At the last visit to cure computer over-use, she suggested not just better posture but becoming an Exuberant Animal.

 

What?!!  She wasn't kidding. According to her and a former Marine drill sergeant called The Barefoot Sensei, that's the ticket to more fun and better health. (I tried it, and have to admit it's fun.) 

 

But the exercise possibilities don't end there. A friend who works for Nike put me on to a free app that will have you stop everything and sail the Caribbean or go climb Mount Everest in bite-size chunks.

 

And speaking of which, bite-size might be the way to get to your goals if you try a low-failure Japanese technique called Kaizen.

 

But if all this exercising and goal-setting don't appeal to you, sit a spell and read an inspiring story about nine women in Tennessee, who have found happiness in a sweet way we could all try: delivering poundcakes.  Just for fun, I've coupled it with a quick message from my all-time favorite comedienne, Jeanne Roberts, that explains this sweet southern tradition.

 

Exuberantly yours,